Improved wire fork for toasting



I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS GEORGE HAROLD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.'

IMPROVED WIRE FORK FOR. TASTING, &c.

`Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.` 46,235, dated February 7, 1865.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern. y

Be it known that I, Trios. GEO. HAROLD, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented, made, and applied to use a new and useful Improvement in Forks or Clamps for Toasting Bread, Broiling Meat, 85e.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification. wherein-:

Figure lis a perspective view of my said improvement. Figs. 2 and 3 are slight modications of the same. Similar marks'of reference denote the same parts in all the figures.v l

Various deviceshave heretofore been made 3 for toasting bread, broiling.meat,&c., all of which have been more or less costly to manufacture and unhandy to operate. 4

yThe natureof mysaid invention consists in spring-tongs formed with snail shaped clamping ends, so that said clamps are separated by the .pressure of the hand and spring to gether vwhen the pressure is released, kand said clamps are guided so that they come properly together. Y

In the drawings, a a are the clamps, pressed toward each other by the spring b, and kept in correct position by the guide c on the handle part d, or by a ring, e. (See Fig. l.)

1t will be seen that in Fig. l the Wires forming the vhandle are crossed, so that when the handle-wires are pressed towardl eachother the-clamps will separate, and bread, meat, 85e.,

1can be placed between 7them and held in place by the springof the fork while being toasted or broiled; In Fig. 2 the handle-wires are not crossed,`and therefore to introduce the article to be toasted or broiled the handle-wires have to be sprung apart. In Fig. 3 I have shown the clamps bent at right angles to the handlepart of the fork or broiler, andi guided by twisting the handle-wires around each other, and thel spring is wound lengthwise of the handle .in order to press the clamps together.

, It will be seen that the said forkl or clamp can beformed of' one pieceof Wire, and that the saine is strong, durable,'easily constructed. and very convenient to operate. I donrt, however, confine 'myself to this precise construction, as thesame could be formed of two pieces of wire terminating in anysuitable handle, and in that case two springs, instead of one, may be used to press the clamps toward each other.v

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Constructing an apparatus for toasting,- broiling, &c., of two clamps pressed toward each other by a spring or springs, in substantially the manner described and shown.

2. Retaining the'said clamps in correct po-l sition to each other 4by guides, in the manner and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination of the clam ps da', spring b, and guides cor e, for the purposes set forth. In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my signature this 30th da y of June, 1864.

THOS. GEO. HAROLD. Witnesses LEMUEL W. SERRELL, CITAS. II. SMITH. 

